Ferdinand Christian Baur: A Reader

This reader of texts from the key 19th-century religious scholar Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792-1860) brings together, for the first time, a selection of texts in English translation, from across Baur's wide range of exegetical, historical, philosophical and theological expertise. In these excerpts, readers gain a comprehensive overview of Baur's output and his remarkable role in the shaping of modern scholarly discourse in his fields.

Beginning with a full scholarly introduction, and extensively annotated texts, readers are introduced to Baur's bold and controversial historical hypotheses and encounter the different intellectual and stylistic registers he used, from the purely scholarly to the sharply polemical. The editors also explore the ways in which Baur was instrumental in some of the most fundamental intellectual paradigm shifts of the 19th-century, including the radical historicisation of Christian theology and its exposure to major philosophical innovations, in particular in connection with German Idealism.